Sends congratulations and expresses her pleasure on hearing of CD’s forthcoming marriage.
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Sends congratulations and expresses her pleasure on hearing of CD’s forthcoming marriage.
Announces his engagement.
Glad CW wondered at Glen Roy. "I saw nothing in my peregrinations to the Antipodes nearly so curious in physical geography."
Responds to items in CD’s letter, just received. Suggests parts of London where he might look for a house. Gives news of friends and relatives.
CD and Erasmus continue to search for a house in central London. They have tea with the Carlyles.
Invites CD to dine with them on Wednesday, since she will have few more opportunities of seeing "the original old Charles Darwin".
Has accepted the Hensleigh Wedgwoods’ invitation to go to London with them; can look at houses with CD. She wishes to avoid extravagance; asks him to choose three or four for her to see.
His search for a London house. He visits the Lyells, who give solemn advice to choose their London acquaintances carefully.
She agrees that London is the place to settle. She is eager to see him and full of plans.
Expresses her pleasure in his forthcoming marriage. "I don’t think anybody ever had so delightful a reception into a family as Emma."
Sends GRG a few pages of proofs [of Birds]. Asks him to make any observations that might occur to him and to check passages in French and Latin.
Sends congratulations on CD’s forthcoming marriage.
Has received some of the reptiles back from G. Bibron, who has named them. TB will get "some subjects in readiness for figuring" by CD’s date.
The Geological Society cannot recommend anyone to the Government of Newfoundland, but CD advises JBJ to get a recommendation from Sedgwick.
Sends proofs [of Birds, no. 2]. Asks GRG to check Latin accents.
Congratulations on CD’s engagement.
In answer to CD’s request, tells him how to locate an artist who made excellent sketches of Scotland, and probably of Glen Roy. AW himself made a sketch of the Glen which he offers to CD [Collected papers 1: 88].
On his 15th wedding anniversary JSH writes to CD wishing him happiness as great as JSH has had in his marriage, and adds some advice.
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Heron to WY, copied for CD, about the crossing of solid- and divided-hoofed pigs, and Angora rabbits of different colours.
As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, formally expresses his thanks for initial numbers of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
CD informs AS of the position of the Council of the Geological Society on recommending J. B. Jukes for a geological survey of Newfoundland. Feels Jukes’s application would have best chance of success if Sedgwick, his Professor at Cambridge, wrote a letter.
Describes the journey home and the long talks on their return. No maid has been found, so he should engage the one she saw, "for ten guineas & tea & sugar a year". She thought CD looked unwell and overtired.
Advises JBJ on preparing himself for geological work in Newfoundland.